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Friday/November 18/1994
The official student publication or Bethel College
Volume 70, Number 6}
Population NASA's space grant supports physics
control
by Barbara Seward
STAFF WRITER
The unexpected increase of freshmen
this year at Bethel filled the dorms to capacity
and the overflow was caught at the townhouses
and Fountain Terrace. Bethel's Admissions
Office, looking at the 1995-96 pool of prospective high school students, has projected
that the Bethel community will be receiving
a larger share of the student pool and thus
increased enrollment. This trend of increased
enrollment at Bethel presented a problem.
President Brushaber told me earlier this fall
that die decision to increase our community
by expanding and building a new dorm would
be dealt widi by the Board of Regents.
On Oct. 14, Bediel's Board of Regents
met and adopted die "Plans for Campus Im-
piovcmciii. "T/iis seven million dollar mulii-
facetcd plan will affect Bethel students all
over die campus in a variety of ways. One of
the improvements projected to be done by
next fall is die building of a new dorm.
The decision to build a new dorm is a
long and involved process. After meeting
with President Brushaber to discuss the new
dorm, I was reminded of all the "red tape"
Bethel must go through to even begin ground
breaking. The goal of the Planning Board is to
receive all the necessary permits to build by
January 1,1995. This would allow construction to begin building the new dorm by spring
in die hopes of having it finished by September 1, 1995.
Whenasked where the new dorm would
be located, President Brushaber was unsure.
However, the President did say the probable
site now would bein die vicinity of Townhouse
East. The site is contingent upon the permission of the village of Arden Hills, the sewer
and drainage approval and a multiple of other
necessary permits.
The approximate number of students
the new dorm will hold is 64. The approximate cost of the new dorm alone is one
million dollars. President Bnishaber did point
out that the cost of building a new dorm is
only a small part of the entire plan and that the
changes made around campus will gready
enhance Bethel's visibility to prospective
students.
Other improvements in the approved
package include the building of anodier module in the college academic complex, expanded dining room space, upgrading of die
athletic fields and an addition to die PE building.
With these major improvements
diroughout the campus, President Brushaber
feels the "Plans for Campus Improvement"
will directly affect all students and will be
extremely beneficial to die campus as a whole.
department
by Angela M. Elgard
WRITING INTERN
This year Bethel's physics department
will receive $6,000 from die NASA Space
Grant. Physics Department Chair Richard
Peterson said diat, "For Bethel its primary
function has been to encourage student
projects and research with upper division
laboratories."
Last year was the first year Bethel
received grant money from NASA, which
amounted to $5,000. Physics Professor Thomas Greenlee reported that die NASA Space
Grant will provide $ 10300 in funding during
die 1995-96 school year.
The money received is used in several
ways. The major portion of money is used for
higher education, including student and faculty projects. In the upcoming year, some
funds will be used for a pre-college outreach
to high school students. The hope is that by
taking physics into high schools, the Bediel
physics department can encourage entrance
of prospective college students into diis field.
Lasdy, a portion of the money from the grant
is given as fellowships to students continuing
in the field, and as scholarships for recruiting
incoming freslimen.
Last year, NASA grant money supported six student projects. Projects ranged
from developing a semiconductor diode laser
to measuring polarization of light. All six
students who received funds from die grant
have now gone on to graduate school. Four of
the six students are at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Thomas Greenlee and Dr. Bacon
have also received funds to further academic
projects in physics. In an article by Jason
Sheard on Greenlee, he is described as working last summer with NASA colleagues on a
project researching "ceramic tiles used in
rocket combustion chambers." Bacon has
been able to continue work on his jet propulsion lab.
"(We) need to incorporate, in this country, modem research techniques in the upper
division physics labs," says Greenlee. Bethel
has a high reputation in physics dealing with
optics and lasers. Funding from the grant will
Education students receive
scholarships
by Kendal Marsh
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Federal Government and the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board
have given a boost to die future teaching
careers of four Bethel students. Seniors Kim
Carlson, Heather Sams, Brenda Erickson and
Jacob Givand are among sixty-seven Minnesota students who have received Paul Douglas Teacher's Scholarships for the 1994-95
school year.
The Paul Douglas Teacher's Scholarship, in no way related to die former KARE
11 weatherman, is a nationwide program
enacted by Congress in 1984. It is given as
incentive to encourage students to enter the
field of teaching at the preschool, elementary, or secondary level. Recipients in 1994-
95 will receive up to $5,000 to help defray the
costs of their college education.
To be eligible for consideration for die
award students must have graduated in the
top 10 percent of their high school class and
be studying to obtain dieir teachers licensure.
Recipients are obligated to teach for two
years in a public or non-public school for
each year they receive the award. As an
incentive to get teachers lo go where Ihey are
needed the most, die obligation is reduced to
one year if the scholarship recipients teach in
an area where there is a shortage of teachers.
Heather Sams is receiving the scholarship for a fourdi year. Receiving the scholar -
slup has made the difference in being able to
attend Bethel. Coming from a situation in
which her parents weren't able to pay for any
of her college expenses, Sams has been able
to get dirough Bethel without any loans. "It
has helped mc out incredibly," she says. "I
just feel really fortunate and I'm glad I've
been able to receive the scholarship."
Sams is studying to teach Spanish at the
secondary education level. She and her husband Brian, a Bethel graduate who teaches in
White Bear Lake, plan on staying in the area
for some time. However, dieir long term goal
is to teach in a small community.
For senior Brenda Erickson, a secondary education/malli major, receiving die scholarship has helped to reduce the amount of
loans she is carrying. Her goal is to teach in
rural Minnesota.
Senior Kim Carlson is receiving the
Paul Douglas Teacher's Scholarsliip for her
second year. She was turned down the first
time she applied for the award, but received
it the second time. Carlson, who will graduate
Scholarships
Continued page 2
continue to support this area.
N AS A's main concemis diat die money
be used to encourage science. Although it is
not mandatory that die grant funds be used for
projects related to space, it is hoped that the
funds will in some way encourage NASA's
work with space exploration.
Emphasis for diese projects is placed
on documentation. Peterson's hope is that die
projects wdl be used as experiments in odier
colleges and universities.
NASA's Space Grant is also helpful to
Bediel, in that it creates more competition.
Peterson remarked, 'We always have a hard
time keeping students here to do work . . .
because companies like GM pay more."The
Space Grant allows Bethel to keep the "best
students" on campus to work on projects.
Peterson believes that die NASA grant
has helped in allowing the department to
broaden its scope, launching into space physics and space research. "It's really very upbeat right now," says Peterson. The grant has
helped morale as well as helped to make
dreams come true for the physics department.
%
The Bethel Clarion is a student
run newspaper. All journalistic
work reflected on these pages
represents our best efforts.
Bethel College is a learning
institution, and The Clarion is a
learning tool. Our goal is to
reflect as many facets of the
Bethel Community as possible.
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Friday/November 18/1994
The official student publication or Bethel College
Volume 70, Number 6}
Population NASA's space grant supports physics
control
by Barbara Seward
STAFF WRITER
The unexpected increase of freshmen
this year at Bethel filled the dorms to capacity
and the overflow was caught at the townhouses
and Fountain Terrace. Bethel's Admissions
Office, looking at the 1995-96 pool of prospective high school students, has projected
that the Bethel community will be receiving
a larger share of the student pool and thus
increased enrollment. This trend of increased
enrollment at Bethel presented a problem.
President Brushaber told me earlier this fall
that die decision to increase our community
by expanding and building a new dorm would
be dealt widi by the Board of Regents.
On Oct. 14, Bediel's Board of Regents
met and adopted die "Plans for Campus Im-
piovcmciii. "T/iis seven million dollar mulii-
facetcd plan will affect Bethel students all
over die campus in a variety of ways. One of
the improvements projected to be done by
next fall is die building of a new dorm.
The decision to build a new dorm is a
long and involved process. After meeting
with President Brushaber to discuss the new
dorm, I was reminded of all the "red tape"
Bethel must go through to even begin ground
breaking. The goal of the Planning Board is to
receive all the necessary permits to build by
January 1,1995. This would allow construction to begin building the new dorm by spring
in die hopes of having it finished by September 1, 1995.
Whenasked where the new dorm would
be located, President Brushaber was unsure.
However, the President did say the probable
site now would bein die vicinity of Townhouse
East. The site is contingent upon the permission of the village of Arden Hills, the sewer
and drainage approval and a multiple of other
necessary permits.
The approximate number of students
the new dorm will hold is 64. The approximate cost of the new dorm alone is one
million dollars. President Bnishaber did point
out that the cost of building a new dorm is
only a small part of the entire plan and that the
changes made around campus will gready
enhance Bethel's visibility to prospective
students.
Other improvements in the approved
package include the building of anodier module in the college academic complex, expanded dining room space, upgrading of die
athletic fields and an addition to die PE building.
With these major improvements
diroughout the campus, President Brushaber
feels the "Plans for Campus Improvement"
will directly affect all students and will be
extremely beneficial to die campus as a whole.
department
by Angela M. Elgard
WRITING INTERN
This year Bethel's physics department
will receive $6,000 from die NASA Space
Grant. Physics Department Chair Richard
Peterson said diat, "For Bethel its primary
function has been to encourage student
projects and research with upper division
laboratories."
Last year was the first year Bethel
received grant money from NASA, which
amounted to $5,000. Physics Professor Thomas Greenlee reported that die NASA Space
Grant will provide $ 10300 in funding during
die 1995-96 school year.
The money received is used in several
ways. The major portion of money is used for
higher education, including student and faculty projects. In the upcoming year, some
funds will be used for a pre-college outreach
to high school students. The hope is that by
taking physics into high schools, the Bediel
physics department can encourage entrance
of prospective college students into diis field.
Lasdy, a portion of the money from the grant
is given as fellowships to students continuing
in the field, and as scholarships for recruiting
incoming freslimen.
Last year, NASA grant money supported six student projects. Projects ranged
from developing a semiconductor diode laser
to measuring polarization of light. All six
students who received funds from die grant
have now gone on to graduate school. Four of
the six students are at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Thomas Greenlee and Dr. Bacon
have also received funds to further academic
projects in physics. In an article by Jason
Sheard on Greenlee, he is described as working last summer with NASA colleagues on a
project researching "ceramic tiles used in
rocket combustion chambers." Bacon has
been able to continue work on his jet propulsion lab.
"(We) need to incorporate, in this country, modem research techniques in the upper
division physics labs," says Greenlee. Bethel
has a high reputation in physics dealing with
optics and lasers. Funding from the grant will
Education students receive
scholarships
by Kendal Marsh
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Federal Government and the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board
have given a boost to die future teaching
careers of four Bethel students. Seniors Kim
Carlson, Heather Sams, Brenda Erickson and
Jacob Givand are among sixty-seven Minnesota students who have received Paul Douglas Teacher's Scholarships for the 1994-95
school year.
The Paul Douglas Teacher's Scholarship, in no way related to die former KARE
11 weatherman, is a nationwide program
enacted by Congress in 1984. It is given as
incentive to encourage students to enter the
field of teaching at the preschool, elementary, or secondary level. Recipients in 1994-
95 will receive up to $5,000 to help defray the
costs of their college education.
To be eligible for consideration for die
award students must have graduated in the
top 10 percent of their high school class and
be studying to obtain dieir teachers licensure.
Recipients are obligated to teach for two
years in a public or non-public school for
each year they receive the award. As an
incentive to get teachers lo go where Ihey are
needed the most, die obligation is reduced to
one year if the scholarship recipients teach in
an area where there is a shortage of teachers.
Heather Sams is receiving the scholarship for a fourdi year. Receiving the scholar -
slup has made the difference in being able to
attend Bethel. Coming from a situation in
which her parents weren't able to pay for any
of her college expenses, Sams has been able
to get dirough Bethel without any loans. "It
has helped mc out incredibly," she says. "I
just feel really fortunate and I'm glad I've
been able to receive the scholarship."
Sams is studying to teach Spanish at the
secondary education level. She and her husband Brian, a Bethel graduate who teaches in
White Bear Lake, plan on staying in the area
for some time. However, dieir long term goal
is to teach in a small community.
For senior Brenda Erickson, a secondary education/malli major, receiving die scholarship has helped to reduce the amount of
loans she is carrying. Her goal is to teach in
rural Minnesota.
Senior Kim Carlson is receiving the
Paul Douglas Teacher's Scholarsliip for her
second year. She was turned down the first
time she applied for the award, but received
it the second time. Carlson, who will graduate
Scholarships
Continued page 2
continue to support this area.
N AS A's main concemis diat die money
be used to encourage science. Although it is
not mandatory that die grant funds be used for
projects related to space, it is hoped that the
funds will in some way encourage NASA's
work with space exploration.
Emphasis for diese projects is placed
on documentation. Peterson's hope is that die
projects wdl be used as experiments in odier
colleges and universities.
NASA's Space Grant is also helpful to
Bediel, in that it creates more competition.
Peterson remarked, 'We always have a hard
time keeping students here to do work . . .
because companies like GM pay more."The
Space Grant allows Bethel to keep the "best
students" on campus to work on projects.
Peterson believes that die NASA grant
has helped in allowing the department to
broaden its scope, launching into space physics and space research. "It's really very upbeat right now," says Peterson. The grant has
helped morale as well as helped to make
dreams come true for the physics department.
%
The Bethel Clarion is a student
run newspaper. All journalistic
work reflected on these pages
represents our best efforts.
Bethel College is a learning
institution, and The Clarion is a
learning tool. Our goal is to
reflect as many facets of the
Bethel Community as possible.
%
J